Collar-holder.



H. -W. WINTER.

COLLAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, I918.

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COLLAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed March 5, 1918. Serial No. 220,519..

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY W. WINTER, citizen of the United States,residing at lVashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Collar-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved collar holder for military coatsand has as its primary object to provide a device of this character forsupporting the collar from the collar band of the coat to project auniform distance above the said collar band.

The invention has as a further object to provide a collar holder adaptedto engage beneath the lower edge of the collar and which willfrictiona-llv engage with the'collar for clamping the collar band of thecoat snugly about the collar as well as preventing accidentaldisplacement of the holder. 7

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a holderwhich will be especially simple in construction and which may be readilyattached to the collar band of substantially any conventional pattern ofmilitary coat.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds,and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodimentof the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several Fig. 3 is a detail viewshowing the holderon a slightly enlarged scale,

Fig. 4 is a sectional View particularly showing the formation of thebody of the clip of the holder, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4,and illustrating the manner in which the attaching pin for the holderclip is swiveled upon the said clip.

In carrying out the invention my improved holder is formed with a collarengaging clip which is preferably constructed body. Preferably, theupper end of the hook is formed with an outwardly directed terminal 13lying somewhat below the upper -end of the body so that the clip may bepositioned to receive the lower edge of a collar between the saidterminal and the body for easily and quickly directing the collarthrough the reduced throat 12 beneath the hook by simply sliding theclip upwardly upon the collar. the body 10 of the clip is formed with alaterally enlarged portion 14 extending throughout the major portion ofthe length of the body and struck from the said enlarged portionmedially of the body is an outwardly directed transversely curved lug 15having its axis parallel to the axis of the body. In this connection itwill be noted that the laterally enlarged portion of the clip willreinforce the body about this lug so that the clip body will not beweakened by having the lug released therefrom, while the said enlargedportion of the body will also provide an increased bearing areatherefor. Engaged beneath the lug 15, as particularly shown in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings, is the inner side member 16 of an attaching pin 17. Thisattaching pin is preferably in the form of an ordinary safety pin and issupported by the lug 15 to extend longitudinally of the body 10 of theclip, being swiveled to the clip by the said lug so that the pin may beswung to lie fiat against the body. Preferably, the pin shank 18 of thepin is, as particularly shown in Fig. 3, presented downwardly so thatthe pin may be engaged with a piece of fabric by thrusting the pin shankdownwardly through the fab ric. Only a small attaching pin need be employed and, as shown in the drawings, such pin is preferably of a lengthsomewhat less than the length of the body 10 of the clip so that the pinmay lie behind the clip body within the lines thereof.

' In Figs. 1 and 2' .of the drawings I have,

Intermediate of its ends,

in order that the mounting and operation of the holder may be accuratelyunderstood, shown the device in connection with a con- 'ventional typeof shirt 19 having a neck are secured, in the manner suggested in Fig.

1, to the inner side of the collar band of the coat at suitably spacedpoints thereon. In thus mounting the holders in position, the shanks 18of the attaching pins 17 of the holders are engaged through the fabricat the inner side of the collar band of the coat so that the saidattaching pins will support the'holders in position with the hooks 12 ofthe clips thereof presented upwardly. Thus, when putting on the coat,the said hooks may be easily engaged beneath the lower edge of thecollar, in the manner previously described, when thesaid hooks will,owing to their resiliency, act to clamp the collar between the free endsof the hooks and the bodies 10 of the clips at the reduced throats 12.Accidental displacement of the clips will thus be prevented while theclips will also tend to clamp the upper margin of the collar band 23 ofthe coat snugly about the collar. Since the attaching pins 17 of theholders may, as previously described, be swung to lie flat against thebodies of the clips, the presence of the holders between the collar andcollar band of the coat will not prove uncomfortable. Furthermore, aswill now ,be clear, the hooks of the clips, when engaged beneath thecollar will, as particularly brought out in Fig. 2 of the drawings,support the collar from the'collar band of the coat to project uniformlyabove the said collar band. The neat appearance of the collar willthusalways be assured.

It will, therefore, be seen that I provide a very simple and eflicientconstruction for the purpose set forth and a device which may be readilyattached to the collar band of substantially any conventional pattern ofmilitary coat while, at the same time, the holder may be readilydetached when desired. v

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed-as new is.:

A collar holder of the character described including a clip providedwith a body, a collar engaging hook directed upwardly along one side ofthe body from the lower end thereof, a lug struck from the body andextending longitudinally thereof, and an attaching member for the clipengaged be-- neath said lug and extending longitudinally with respect tosaid hook.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HENRY W. WINTER. [11. s.]

